Paul Jarvis
Paul William Jarvis
Born: 29 June 1965, Redcar, Yorkshire
Major Teams: Yorkshire, Wellington, Sussex, Somerset, England.
Known As: Paul Jarvis
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Test Debut: England v New Zealand at Christchurch, 1st Test, 1987/88
Latest Test: England v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSG), Only Test, 1992/93
ODI Debut: England v Australia at Melbourne, Bicentennial Match, 1987/88
Latest ODI: England v Australia at Lord's, Texaco Trophy, 1993
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 13/03/1993)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 9 15 2 132 29* 10.15 38.93 0 0 2 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 318.4 61 965 21 45.95 4-107 0 0 91.0 3.02
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 23/05/1993)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 16 8 2 31 16* 5.16 79.48 0 0 1 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 146.3 8 672 24 28.00 5-35 1 1 36.6 4.58
FIRST-CLASS
(1981 - 2000)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 215 268 67 3373 80 16.78 0 10 67 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 5920.5 18914 654 28.92 7-55 22 3 54.3 3.19
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1981 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 276 161 54 1322 63 12.35 0 1 50 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 2206.2 9667 399 24.22 6-27 11 6 33.1 4.38
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Paul Jarvis showed immense potential as a young player. The youngest-ever
cricketer to represent Yorkshire in the County Championship (aged 16 and two
months) in 1981, he never reached the heights his talents promised.
Relentlessly injury-prone, he was also a victim of some of the most fickle
selectorial whimsy. Jarvis became the youngest player to take hat-tricks in
the Sunday League (1982) and the Championship (1985), and was viewed as
Yorkshire's cutting edge while still a teenager. Relatively short for a
quick bowler (5'10"), he generated good pace from a short, fast run up, and
an athletic leap with a very quick arm action. He suffered from injury in
both 1984 and 1985, slowing his progress, probably as a consequence of
over-bowling at such a young age, but won his county cap in 1986 following
match figures of 11-92 against Middlesex. The following year, 1987, he took
81 wickets (his best-ever tally) and played a key role in the Benson and
Hedges Cup winning team, with 4-43 in the Final against Northants. It was
enough to secure a place on the winter tours of Pakistan, New Zealand and
Australia.
Jarvis made his Test debut in 1988 against New Zealand at Christchurch,
bowling fast on slow pitches, and taking six wickets in the first two games.
He was then dropped for the Final Test. Recalled for the 1988 home series
against the mighty West Indies, Jarvis bowled well in the first two Tests,
taking 4-107 and scoring 29* at Lord's, both Test bests. A back strain
ruled him out of the team for the rest of the series, just as it seemed he
could form an effective new-ball partnership with Dilley. It was a year
before he was to play again, at Lord's against Australia. Three times in a
row he beat the outside edge of Steve Waugh, but the Australian survived to
score an unbeaten 152* as all the bowlers suffered. Jarvis couldn't take a
wicket in the following Test at Edgbaston and was again dropped.
He was banned from Test cricket for three years after accepting an offer to
join a rebel tour of South Africa (1989-90), but was selected to tour India
and Sri Lanka in 1992-93, when the ban was lifted early. He bowled well on
unhelpful pitches, and entirely without fortune, taking four wickets in the
first two Tests as England were trounced. He performed well in the one-day
series too, winning the man-of-the-match award for 5-35 against India in
Bangalore. Despite being generally regarded as England's best bowler, he was
dropped for DeFreitas (who didn't take a wicket all tour) for the Final
Test. His last Test came against Sri Lanka in Colombo, where he took 3-76
in the first innings.
Released by Yorkshire at the end of the 1993 season, Jarvis moved to
Sussex. He took 51 wickets in 1994, winning his second county cap, but could
only manage a few games in the next three seasons as he seldom found full
fitness. He left Sussex at the end of the 1998 season to finish his career
at Somerset, where the members never really took to him. Continually
challenged by injury, he was a liability in the field and a risk in
first-class games where he was liable to pull up with a strain at any
moment. However, he retained a fast arm action and could still be a force in
one-day cricket. He took 5-55 in the 1999 NatWest Final (against
Gloucestershire) to make amends for an early wide-strewn spell in a
performance that rather summed up his career. He finished with just over 650
wickets, having played 16 One-Day Internationals and nine Tests. A
reasonable, hard-hitting tail-end batsman, he hit a career best of 80 for
Yorkshire against Northants in 1992. He spent several winters playing club
cricket in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. He left county cricket
after the 2000 season. He is a partner in a firm that provides agents for
players. (George Dobell, Copyright CricInfo 2001)
Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 09:50:33 GMT
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